UK ‘green’ tax and airline crisis – Aug 7
UK: MPs demand higher air and road taxes /
Q&A: UK’s national road charging scheme /
EasyJet rubbishes green tax idea /
Airlines in crisis (links)
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Oil Surges Above $76 as BP Shuts Alaska Field, Largest in U.S.
Crude oil surged above $76 a barrel, the biggest gain in two weeks, after BP Plc said it will shut Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay field, where 8 percent of U.S. oil is produced.
Apocalypse always: Is the peak oil movement really just another apocalyptic cult?
Even if peak oil production turns out to be decades away, the contributions of the peak oil movement are already manifold. The people involved are forcing a re-evaluation not only of the idea of energy and its sources, but of the very way in which we live
Solutions & sustainability – Aug 6
Argentina’s recuperadas build a cooperative future /
Other Economies are Possible! /
The Buy-Nothing Year Begins /
Car Free Cities :: Do Such Mythical Places Exist?
Food & agriculture – Aug 6
US: Global Warming Could Slam Food Supply /
UK: Vegetable prices to soar as heatwave blights harvest /
China’s shrinking farmland
Climate – Aug 6
More Frequent Heat Waves Linked to Global Warming /
Eugene Linden: The gathering apocalypse /
Methane Burps and Heat Waves: Global Warming Made Visible /
Parody of Al Gore film tied to ExxonMobil lobbying firm
Middle East – Aug 6
One ring to rule them (Juan Cole on Lebanon, Iran and peak oil) /
War could trigger oil crisis, warns EIU /
Iran warns of $200 oil if US pursues sanctions /
Analysis: Iran’s nuclear fuel debate
Nuclear – Aug 6
Heated debate over the warming of the planet (Caldicott vs nuclear) /
Nuclear power links to ‘sham’ UK energy review / Energy Dept. announces nuclear insurance
Biofuels – Aug 6
Peaches touted as future fuel source / Gasoline’s fledgling rivals: the race to power your car / Australia: Opposition U-turn on fuel
Peak Oil – Aug 6
Brunei: Sleepy sultanate prepares for rude awakening after oil /
A BBC view of natural gas supply /
An Interview with Bill Powers /
Feel The Beat: A Boschian Peak Oil Canvas
U.S. energy policy – Aug 5
What should Southern Co. do about global warming? (utility company) / Q&A with Jeremy Rifkin / How California failed in efforts to curb oil addiction / NYT: Delusional thinking about energy in the Senate / But where are the solar-powered ICBMs?
Urban design – Aug 5
London: How to write low-carbon policies /
Jane Jacobs, reconsidered / Stockholm: goodbye, for now, to a successful traffic congestion tax
